What a time to roll back national accountability. Pick a state, a country, the world. coloradosun.com/2026/02/16/s...

This is difficult to read & important to read. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Taking the advice of a Carleton history professor & ordering Madhouse at the End of the Earth to continue my obsession with icy adventure reads…

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

The latest #Changemaker Q&A features environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor who is a fierce champion of early-career Black researchers and their contributions to environmental, climate change and conservation science. As told to @virginiagewin.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Heartbreaking. www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/t...

Cool model! Students expanding climate action planning statewide. www.psu.edu/news/penn-st...

Please call the Senate they will vote very soon on whether to allow dangerous sulfide-ore copper mining on the edges of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Tell them to vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140 (H.J. Res. 140).

what a shot

This is such a great story. These gamers decided to play it safe by aiming to raise $30,000. Within the first 15 minutes they had already raised $50,000. By the end of the livestream, they raised over a quarter million dollars. www.mprnews.org/story

"the EPA announced it would no longer calculate the economic benefits of lives saved when setting limits [on pollution]...From now on, the agency will only tally the costs to industry. The benefits to human beings? Too uncertain to count, according to the EPA."

My friend and former neighbor in Springfield, posted that she fears this piece is very much foreshadowing. Acts of humanity and mobilization matter.

Love guides like this, events, and kindness now because it is moral. “Showing up in a warm, kind, generous way feels like the most active resistance we can do right now,” Kampschroer says. “Showing up with warmth feels very Minnesotan.” www.minnesotamonthly.com/general/minn...

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

I’m hearing from friends in Springfield, our home for a decade, how scared their kids are. The early hate by JD Vance & bot disinformation stirred up more hate incidents, and need for more protection at schools. Sending love from Minnesota. www.daytondailynews.com/news/springf...

Morning Joy! Minnesota stained glass window creates a rainbow over Camp 18 on Juneau Icefield, Tlingit Ahni.

The climate space is no stranger to mis and disinformation tactics of the White House. It’s good to point out these erasures, bad substitutions and the data archivists working to protect legitimate information. www.context.news/climate-risk...

Today from Minnesota Vicious cold weather We chanted “No ICE, No ICE” Love instead of hate

This resonates! We are working for democracy and community here. www.mcknight.org/news-ideas/m...

Awful, sad, wrong. sahanjournal.com/education/ic...

Look if you keep talking about non-voters and you're not mentioning voter suppression in the same breath, you're not serious about addressing the problem of people not voting www.brennancenter.org/topics/votin...

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

I’m just glad the US military is finally focused on the real threats - Minnesota and Denmark.

New science communication piece from @doctoravaldezward.bsky.social @nicbennett.bsky.social @biomineralogy.bsky.social!

With my own two eyes, I see that protests are peaceful. I see deleted science and history, replace with lies. I see powerful families benefiting from crypto schemes. I see the power grabs on our freedom and education. A read for this MLK Jr. day: ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/dr-king-an...

Minnesota is amongst states leading in geothermal development. We’re proud to be an early part of that @carleton.edu and a partner to others exploring opportunities. Check out the 2025 US Geothermal Market Report. www.nrel.gov/geothermal/2...

Place based education and supporting democracy are intertwined. Engaging data and perspectives locally counters erased data & disinformation, communicating & community engagement build trust & connection. They also invite connections across communities, because we must work together.

Hurray! www.ktoo.org/2026/01/12/t...

The federal government must really want the economic benefits of ICE deployment to come to Minnesota. Oh wait, it’s just racism and hate.

This is why place-based education matters & also why integrating education & community engagement matter. Connecting the dots is personal. Whether its engaging water, agriculture, or urban environments. phys.org/news/2026-01...

Fantastic integration of hydrology & AI. share.google/u131f56Xdqsx...

Unlawful to target blue states. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

Cities & states are leading change.https://www.brookings.edu/articles/despite-federal-backsliding-us-states-and-municipalities-are-still-planning-for-climate-resilience/

When climate extremes & changing conditions disrupt field learning… definitely experiencing this. www.kansan.com/news/environ...

Leave.

The ACLU of Minnesota is devastated by this morning’s news that ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, and is calling for an immediate and transparent investigation into the shooting.

Some good news. federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/202...

I cannot help but think of my former community of Springfield Ohio now. Depopulation that was stopped by immigration that will now be rapidly accelerated by halting work. We have the opportunity to make climate/war/pain exodus less horrible. www.newamerica.org/the-thread/b...

Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.

Fossil fuels start wars.

Pressures to lead AI innovation outpace our understanding of the protections-policy we may want to do it sustainably. www.eenews.net/articles/sta...

Went up north to find snow with my oldest. Along the Superior Hiking Trail.

Coyote in the Minnesota River Valley Nature Preserve

Join The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine for a hybrid workshop on January 13-14, 2026 that will look at AI innovations that could enhance climate science and support decision-making for resilience and mitigation: https://ow.ly/QqoZ50XHxSs

Morning clouds

Here’s a real time view of the solstice from the GOES-West geostationary weather satellite. Also shows the atmospheric river stRting to impact CA. slider.cira.colostate.edu?sat=goes-18&...

@erthsarah.bsky.social This reminds me of Carleton's geothermal heat pump (though this uses wastewater instead of groundwater) Maybe point other universities to this as a model, if they don't think they could build well fields. www.cpr.org/2025/12/20/h...

Y'all, I just got out of the NSF-BIO webinar where they explained changes to peer review. It's not good. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/changes-to-n...